Category: wild game

From Hunting to Growing a Family’s Supply of Produce, Stacy Lyn Harris Can Do—and Cook—It All

About an hour outside Montgomery, Alabama, there are seven acres of green fields, carefully grafted fruit trees, a garden, and natural woodland. Here, deer, elk, squirrels, rabbits, quail, ducks, wild turkeys, and doves live and forage, eating the acorns dropped by the oaks, grazing freely in the fields, and enjoying the fruit from the trees….


Hunters Battle Against Food Insecurity With Meat Donations for Needy Families

As national food banks across the country grapple with dwindling inventories and supply chain issues, hunting enthusiasts have stepped up their game with donations of legally harvested meat to fill the void. Deer, bison, elk, antelope, or moose—are all excellent alternative sources of protein against the sticker shock of skyrocketing beef prices, says Eric Luongo,…


Wild for Game Meats

More and more of us are getting our game on these days as the popularity and availability of game meats like venison, elk, bison, duck, pheasant, and quail grows. Known today as “field to table” eating, game meat is hardly new, having sustained humans for thousands of years. A healthy, sustainable, and increasingly fashionable choice,…


The Hunter’s Reward: Tales—and a Tasty Salad—From a Wintertime Elk Hunt

Wild game is the tastiest, cleanest, and most ecologically justifiable meat on the planet. But the ultimate reward of hunting is neither the kill nor the thrill of the chase, but how you come out the other side—regardless of whether or not you bring meat. It requires competency on many levels, including navigation, shooting, wildlife…